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South Dakota: Permitless Carry Legislation Introduced

Good news if they pass it for South Dakota.

Yesterday, a bill recognizing South Dakota's freedom to legally carry a concealed firearm without the burdensome requirement of acquiring a concealed pistol permit was introduced in the House of Representatives. Authored by Representative Jim Stalzer (R-11), House Bill 1116 is an important reform to current South Dakota law.

HB 1116 is a necessary update to concealed carry statutes in South Dakota, allowing law-abiding gun owners the ability to protect themselves and their loved ones. In South Dakota, it is already legal to carry a firearm openly, as long as the individual is not prohibited by law from possessing a firearm. However, under current law, if a firearm becomes covered by a coat or if a woman prefers to carry a firearm for self-protection in her purse, one would need to possess a concealed pistol permit.

This permitless carry legislation gives South Dakotans the freedom to choose the best method of carrying for them, based on their attire, gender and/or physical attributes. However, this legislation would also keep in place the current permitting system so that people who obtain a permit could still enjoy the reciprocity agreements that South Dakota has with other states.

HB 1116 is an important pro-gun reform that deserves your support, and your NRA-ILA will keep you updated as this legislation is assigned to committee and moves through the legislative process. In the meantime, please use the links provided below to thank Representative Stalzer as well as the other 28 cosponsors for their work advancing your Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

Lets hope it becomes a trend like "Shall issue permits" did through the last two decades.

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It appears that we may have a natural progression of moving from no permits or discriminatory issue permits, to shall issue permits, and now toward permit-free or constitutional carry. Along the way, I think we're also seeing a trend toward reducing off limits locations providing some protections to employees against anti-gun employment policies, and toward greater legal respect for the right to actually use force in self-defense.

Charles

All experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. Thank heaven we do not permit a few to impose anarchy.

"With Anarchy as an aim and as a means, Communism becomes possible."
--Marxist.org

"Communism and Anarchy [are], a necessary complement to one another. "
--PETER KROPOTKIN, "Anarchism: its philosophy and ideal." 1898.

It appears that we may have a natural progression of moving from no permits or discriminatory issue permits, to shall issue permits, and now toward permit-free or constitutional carry. Along the way, I think we're also seeing a trend toward reducing off limits locations providing some protections to employees against anti-gun employment policies, and toward greater legal respect for the right to actually use force in self-defense.

This morning, the South Dakota House State Affairs Committee heard and passed HB 1116, NRA-backed permitless carry legislation, by a 7-5 vote. Authored by Rep. Jim Stalzer (R-11), the bill respects your right to legally carry a concealed firearm without the burdensome requirement of acquiring a concealed pistol permit.